MAN FOUND DEAD IN NOIDA, POLICE LAUNCH HUNT FOR HIS 3 FRIENDS

NOIDA: A day after the body of a 38-year-old man was found in a house in Noida’s Sector 35, police on Monday said they have identified the victim’s three friends who allegedly killed him.

The victim was identified as Raju, a native of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal who was currently living in Delhi where he worked as a labour contractor. According to police, the landlord of the house had reported about the body around 2pm on Sunday.

Police said that the body was sent for an autopsy. “The autopsy concluded the cause of death to be an ante-mortem head injury,” said Rajneesh Verma, assistant commissioner of police (ACP), zone 1.

The officials said that one of the suspects, who was the tenant in the Sector 35 house, is also a labour contractor.

“At least three people and the victim were hanging out at the place and drinking alcohol. It seems that there was a disagreement, following which Raju was hit on the head by a heavy object by the suspects, after which they fled,” said Verma.

The suspects are from West Bengal and some North eastern state, and it is a possibility that they all fled to their hometowns. “Teams have been dispatched to look for them. A probe is underway and all angles are being explored,” the ACP said.